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Young people from across the East Riding have been invited by East Riding of Yorkshire Council to debate issues that could shape their future.On December 6, young people from 10 East Riding secondary...
View ArticleMotorist on phone
A motorist has been given three penalty points on his driving licence and fined £80 after using a mobile phone while behind the wheel of a car.James Melrose Frith, 36, of Church Road, Molescroft used a...
View ArticleWaste column
The East Riding of Yorkshire Council is issuing suggestions for drivers and pedestrians on managing during the frost and snow that forecasters are warning we face over the next few weeks.We are...
View ArticleMP’s face paint fears
Greg Knight, MP for East Yorkshire is warning parents to take extra care following tests revealing some children’s paints, including Tarton Collection Kits which are imported from China, contain...
View ArticleCouncil rebate scam
East Riding residents are being warned not to be taken in by people offering council tax rebates over the telephone, following recent complaints.Trading Standards at East Riding of Yorkshire Council...
View ArticleBook review: Wellington’s Worst Scrape: The Burgos Campaign 1812 by Carole...
Just over 200 years ago, as the long-running Napoleonic Wars raged across Europe, the British Army under the great Duke of Wellington suffered one of the most disastrous periods in its history.The...
View ArticleBook review: Iris by Jean Marsh
Iris Winston is a ‘good time girl’ and in 1950s London, there’s plenty of fun to be found in the clubs and bars of the city’s seedy but exciting East End.Raised in a dismal flat in shabby Kilburn, Iris...
View ArticleBuswise tackles bullies
AN ADVERTISING campaign to target bullying and anti-social behaviour has been launched by the Council.The East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Buswise campaign, supported by local schools and East...
View ArticleBook review: The Queen’s Vow by C.W.Gortner
Isabella of Castile, wife of Ferdinand of Aragon, warrior queen, architect of a united Spain, educational reformer, the visionary who sent Columbus to discover a New World... and a religious fanatic...
View ArticleDramatic car fire in Driffield town centre
A dramatic car fire in Driffield saw fire crews rush to a town centre car park to tackle the blaze earlier today.The fire at Cross Hill car park occurred in the early afternoon, when flames engulfed a...
View ArticleBook review: Rawtenstall Through Time by Kathy Fishwick
Rawtenstall, a small town nestling in Lancashire’s Rossendale Valley, was first mentioned in the archives way back in 1326 when it was rather quaintly described as the ‘row tunstall,’ or long, narrow...
View ArticleNew development really takes off!
TWO homebuyers are settling into their new home at Harron Homes’ Oak Dene Mount development as the first residents of a new community being created by the 700-acre Waverley regeneration scheme near...
View ArticleTroway home with outbuildings
Extensive grounds, with barns and outbuildings ripe for conversion, are the setting for this substantial four-bedroom home, on the market at £699,950.The property, at 41 Snowdon Lane, Troway, Sheffield...
View ArticleScooter stolen
THIEVES stole a child’s Osprey stunt scooter in green and blue from outside the Tesco store in Morton Lane, Beverley.The scooter was secured with a bicycle lock to the cycle rack between 1.30pm and 3pm...
View ArticleThousands for charity
THE SPIRIT of Christmas generosity abounded in Driffield this year as the town’s rotary club collected over £2000 for charity.The Santa Claus sleigh ride beat its target of £2000 with the sum of...
View ArticleBook review: Oliver Fibbs: Attack of the Alien Brain by Steve Hartley
Lancashire children’s author Steve Hartley has been voted ‘Coolest Dude of the Year’ for five years running, so it’s always best to expect the unexpected when you open one of his amazing books.The...
View ArticleA night on the TOWIE
The only way was Slimming World for reality star Mark Wright when he met Katie Trever at the weight-loss organisation’s annual awards ceremony to celebrate its most successful slimmers.Katie, who...
View ArticleFamily’s gun blast ordeal
A CONVICTED sex offender blasted a 20-bore shotgun through the living-room window of a house of those he blamed for spreading news that he was a paedophile.Two-days after Adrian Thorsby, 49, was...
View ArticleCommunity theatre at St Nick’s
A new community theatre is underway at St Nicholas Community Centre, Holmechurch Lane, Beverley, and a new musical theatre group will be using it as their home.Beverley Youth Theatre @ St Nicks meet on...
View ArticleBeverley First Probus
The December meeting of Beverley First Probus Club was doubly special: first, because we were able to enjoy a superb pre-Christmas lunch, and, secondly, because we were to be enthralled by a very...
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